I’m so excited to be a part of a blog tour for Hunting Prince Dracula, here’s my review, and a link to the tour so you can see everyone else’s posts! Oh my god y’all, this book was so good! I really enjoyed Stalking Jack the Ripper, but this one was BETTER! I could not put this book down! Hunting […]

In this hotly anticipated sequel to the haunting #1 bestseller Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend.

But her life's dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries in the halls of the school's forbidding castle, and Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the strangely familiar murders. What she finds brings all her terrifying fears to life once again.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I’m so excited to be a part of a blog tour for Hunting Prince Dracula, here’s my review, and a link to the tour so you can see everyone else’s posts!

Oh my god y’all, this book was so good! I really enjoyed Stalking Jack the Ripper, but this one was BETTER! I could not put this book down!

Hunting Prince Dracula picks up a few weeks after the first book ends, with Audrey Rose and Thomas on the train to Romania. They’re on their way to a forensic program at Vlad the Impaler’s castle, and have to compete to get a place in the program.

“Curiosity was a disease that plagued me and I’d yet to find a cure.”

One aspect I thought was extremely realistic is the fact that Audrey Rose is not immediately over her brother’s death. Ever since his death she’s been more skittish, keeps thinking she sees him, starts imagining things/seeing things that aren’t really there, she’s become more paranoid, and is affected by dead bodies.

Unlike the first book, I really don’t know what to expect. I have no idea where the story is going, or who the killer is. Some of the mystery comes from Audrey Rose because she’s confused and is grappling with what’s going on around her. She has started getting nervous around dead bodies, and occasionally thinks she’s seen them move, but doesn’t know if it’s real or if her imagination is getting the best of her since she’s not over the Ripper case.

Because she is a female in this time period, Audrey Rose has to prove herself more than her male peers. She’s struggling with PTSD because of the Ripper case and her brother’s death, but everyone worries about her “delicate constitution” and continuously asks if she wants to leave because she’s being affected, even though the same is not asked of her male peers going through a similar situation. She doesn’t have to just be good, she has to be great to be taken seriously by her peers and instructors.

“I’m finally making my own choices. Which is both terrifying and thrilling, but I need to know I’m capable of fighting some battles alone.”

This book is also pretty feminist. Audrey Rose is grappling with her feelings for Thomas, and her feelings on marriage. She likes Thomas, but is scared that she’ll lose her autonomy if she marries him, or if she marries in general. She knows Thomas cares about her and wants to help her, but she doesn’t want him to think he knows what is best for her just because he is a male.

“Unlike my mother, I believe all women should stand on their own without needing anyone to hold them up. Surely a wife worth having is one who is secure in who she is?”

I really enjoyed this book, I was even reading while waiting in line in the Starbucks drive thru! I don’t want to wait for the next one, I want to know what the next case they are going to work on, and I want more Audrey Rose and Thomas!

About Kerri Maniscalco

Kerri Maniscalco grew up in a semi-haunted house outside NYC where her fascination with gothic settings began. In her spare time she reads everything she can get her hands on, cooks all kinds of food with her family and friends, and drinks entirely too much tea while discussing life’s finer points with her cats.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where we get to make bookish lists!! This week’s topic: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR Victoria’s Picks 1. Hunting Prince Dracula – By the time this is posted, I’ll probably have finished this one. This is the perfect Fall read, the […]

Victoria’s Picks

1. Hunting Prince Dracula – By the time this is posted, I’ll probably have finished this one. This is the perfect Fall read, the atmosphere is creepy and gothic, the perfect book to curl up with this season!

2. The Raven King – I started rereading the series over the summer, but haven’t finished this one yet. Fall seems like the perfect time to finish it.

3. A Darker Shade of Magic – Another Fall book I’m currently reading. I’ve had this on my shelf for over a year, and am finally getting to it because I’m participating in a read along for it here.

4. Fangirl – I Love this book, and Fall seems like the perfect time to reread it. The book starts with twin sisters Cath and Wren starting college, which starts in the Fall, therefore it’s a Fall read.

5. Tower of Dawn – I didn’t think I was going to read anymore of Sarah J. Maas’ books, but I’ve heard so many good things about this one so I gave in and bought it. Hopefully I can get to this one real soon!

6. The Madman’s Daughter – Another book I’ve had on my shelf for a while, I know it’s supposed to be creepy and gory, a perfect read since Halloween is coming up!

7. The White Album – This one is mostly on the list because I want to read Joan Didion before the documentary comes out on Netflix.

8. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer – I’ve had this on my shelf for YEARS, and I think I tried reading it once but never finished. I’ve heard this book is supposed to be kind of creepy and supernatural, so it’s a perfect Fall read for me.

9. Without Merit – I have a love/hate relationship with Colleen Hoover’s books. There are a few I love so much, and others I didn’t like at all. I’m not sure where this one will fall yet, but I’m excited to get to it!

Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS My parents drove up this weekend with my furniture from home, that means I have ALL my books with […]

Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS

My parents drove up this weekend with my furniture from home, that means I have ALL my books with me again. Although I’m glad I have my books here, I am not looking forwards to arranging them on my shelves. And I finally have furniture in my apartment!

I’m so excited for Fall! It’s my favorite season. I can’t wait for it to be cool enough to wear scarves and drink pumpkin spice lattes (I’m basic, no shame). I’ve already started getting ready for Halloween too, my Halloween socks and t-shirts are at the front of my closet ready for me to wear!

I didn’t read much this week, but I’ve been binge watching like crazy! I started The Bold Type, Grace and Frankie, and The Great British Baking Show. I’m halfway through The Bold Type, a little ways through season two of Grace and Frankie, and almost done with the first season of TGBBS.

VICTORIA’S HAUL

for review

Back in the Game and Hunting Prince Dracula are my first two physical arcs! I’m super excited about HPD because I LOVED Stalking Jack the Ripper. Look out for my review of Hunting Prince Dracula on my stop for the blog tour! I also got an earc of Chasing Christmas Eve, which I’m super excited about because it’s Christmas themed, and set in San Francisco!

bought

I’ve wanted to read Joan Didion for a while and already own one of her books. After watching a trailer for her biography that’s going to be on Netflix next month, I decided to order another book and read them both before watching.

VICTORIA’S WEEK IN READING

I didn’t get much reading done this week because of Netflix and school, but I did finish and enjoy this book. Look out for my review next month!

VICTORIA’S CURRENTLY READING

I’m so excited I got a copy of this! Since I read Stalking Jack the Ripper a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t have to wait long to start this one. As of right now I’m almost halfway through this, and am LOVING IT.

Top 5 Wednesday | #T5W is a meme on Goodreads by Sam from ThoughtsOnThomes. This week’s topic: Top Five Books to Read Without the Synopsis Victoria’s Picks Alex Approximately – a YA retelling of You’ve Got Mail, which if you’ve seen the movie it’s obvious what happens, but people who read the book without seeing the movie […]

Victoria’s Picks

Alex Approximately – a YA retelling of You’ve Got Mail, which if you’ve seen the movie it’s obvious what happens, but people who read the book without seeing the movie will be spoiled because the synopsis tells you EXACTLY what happens!

By Your Side – Before starting the book, I was under the impression that the whole story takes place in the library, when really it was only a very small part of the story. I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I hadn’t read the synopsis.

The Raven Boys – Another one where the synopsis doesn’t give a good description of the book. It sounds like the focus of the story is romance, which is NOT TRUE at all! This book is so, SO much more than just romance.

The Book Thief – The synopsis for this one can throw you off what the story is actually about. Stealing books is part of the story, but there’s so many other things going on in this book as well.

Stalking Jack the Ripper – Not on the synopsis, but on the back cover there’s something that can potentially give away the twist. Go into this one blind, I think the title gives enough information about what the book is about.

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https://lattenightsreviews.com/five-reasons-read-seven-ways-lie/#commentsMon, 11 Sep 2017 05:01:35 +0000https://lattenightsreviews.com/?p=11367Seven Ways We Lie follows seven high school students in the midst of a school scandal. Each of the students has their own POV, are representative of one of the seven deadly sins. I read Seven Ways We Lie last month and enjoyed it immensely. It’s one of the best books I’ve read so far this year, […]

Paloma High School is ordinary by anyone’s standards. It’s got the same cliques, the same prejudices, the same suspect cafeteria food. And like every high school, every student has something to hide—from Kat, the thespian who conceals her trust issues onstage, to Valentine, the neurotic genius who’s planted the seed of a school scandal.

When that scandal bubbles over, and rumors of a teacher-student affair surface, everyone starts hunting for someone to blame. For the seven unlikely allies at the heart of it all, the collision of their seven ordinary-seeming lives results in extraordinary change.

Seven Ways We Lie follows seven high school students in the midst of a school scandal. Each of the students has their own POV, are representative of one of the seven deadly sins.

I read Seven Ways We Lie last month and enjoyed it immensely. It’s one of the best books I’ve read so far this year, and I know it’ll be one of my favorite reads of the year! Since I enjoyed this so much, I want to tell y’all about it and give you five reasons you should read it.

“My body is not yours. I don’t owe you, I don’t owe boys some fucked-up compensation for my reputation, I don’t owe the public an apology for my personal life, I don’t owe anyone a goddamn thing”

READ IT BECAUSE:

1.Diversity – this book is hella diverse. There’s ethnic diversity, a pansexual character, an asexual character, and autism representation. Unlike the pansexual character, it is not explicitly stated in the book that the asexual character is ace, but in interviews the author does confirm it.

2.Feminist – Olivia, aka lust, is known at school because she casually sleeps around with guys. So many people judge her and make comments, but she continuously stands up for herself by talking about how it’s her body and she gets to make decisions about it, and that there’s nothing wrong with sleeping around. She also calls out the double standards between guys and girls and sleeping around.

3.None of the characters sound the same – Usually when a book has multiple povs, some of the characters start sounding the same. That is not the case here. Each character has their own personality and the writing is different for each of them. It’s so easy to tell which character’s chapter you’re reading.

4.Relatable characters – Even though each character represents one of the deadly sins, they are more than their sin, and are well rounded characters. They’re all inherently good people, but sometimes don’t handle things the right way, which is realistic. The characters are also going through difficult things in their personal lives that many readers can relate to – divorce, parents leaving, hiding your sexuality, etc.

5.The writing/the quotes – I LOVE Riley Redgate’s writing, there is so much highlighting in my book because there are so many quotes I love. Not only is it well written, there’s different styles of writing in the book. Juniper’s chapters are written in verse, which is a nice change from the normal narrative the rest of the chapter have.

“So hold on to one more day, that’s all you need, is to wake up and say, one more. And once you make it through you say it again, one more day (…) and before you know it you’ll have met so many wonderful people and discovered a million hidden things. All one day at a time.”

Let me know if you’ve read this already and what you thought of it! It’s such a good book y’all, I definitely recommend it!

]]>https://lattenightsreviews.com/five-reasons-read-seven-ways-lie/feed/611367I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOU | A COMING OF AGE STORYhttps://lattenightsreviews.com/hate-everyone-coming-age-story/
https://lattenightsreviews.com/hate-everyone-coming-age-story/#commentsMon, 04 Sep 2017 05:01:32 +0000https://lattenightsreviews.com/?p=11207Oh my god, I LOVED this book. My emotions were all over the place while reading – I was laughing one minute, worrying the next, and at one point almost crying. I Hate Everyone But You is a novel by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin (Youtube comedy duo “Just Between Us”). The book is an epistolary, […]

Dear Best Friend,
I can already tell that I will hate everyone but you.
Sincerely,
Ava Helmer
(that brunette who won’t leave you alone)

We're still in the same room, you weirdo.
Stop crying.
G

So begins a series of texts and emails sent between two best friends, Ava and Gen, as they head off to their first semesters of college on opposite sides of the country. From first loves to weird roommates, heartbreak, self-discovery, coming out and mental health, the two best friends will document every moment to each other. But as each changes and grows into her new life, will their friendship be able to survive the distance?

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Oh my god, I LOVED this book. My emotions were all over the place while reading – I was laughing one minute, worrying the next, and at one point almost crying. I Hate Everyone But You is a novel by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin (Youtube comedy duo “Just Between Us”). The book is an epistolary, that consists of texts and emails between two best friends, Ava and Gen, who go to college on opposite sides of the country.

“Everyone always talks about the effort you have to put into a romantic relationship or a marriage, but why would a friendship be any different?”

Initially I wasn’t sure how invested I would be in the book since the format isn’t like your typical novel, but holy wow I was. The messages and friendship sounded authentic, they told secrets, made jokes, got into fights, and overall sounded like actual eighteen year olds. It was clear to see how much each friend meant to the other. And since the book was in epistolary format, it was a very quick read.

Ava and Gen are two best friends hundreds of miles apart, and trying to keep their friendship intact. It was nice that even though the two girls are very different, they’re still so close and always have each other’s backs. Gen is outgoing and not afraid to call people out, and Ava is introverted and has a difficult time putting herself out there because of her anxiety.

I love how Ava’s anxiety is portrayed, it’s something I can really relate to. She’s constantly overthinking, and freaks herself out when her negative thoughts spiral out of control. I really appreciate how Ava talks about her anxiety, and isn’t ashamed of it. Not only does she talk openly about anxiety, she also talks about seeing a therapist and taking medication. I think it is so important that seeing a therapist was normalized in this book, and is a positive thing. Unlike most books, Ava wants to see a therapist, she knows how helpful seeing a therapist is for her and she talked openly and realistically about medication. I’ve never read a book where the character actually talks about what you can do to live with your mental illness.

“People love to open up to me about their problems. I think it’s because I’m so relatable. I’m like the Sandra Bullock of mental illness.”

During the girls’ first semester at college, Gen begins exploring her sexuality. I like how open Gen was with talking about her sexuality, and wasn’t afraid to call Ava out when she said something homophobic or transphobic.

The ending crushed me, this was the part where I almost cried. I wish there had been more closure, but I understand why it was left a little open ended because I don’t think the story would have been as impactful if it had ended so neatly. Overall I think this book is very realistic, and talked about important issues teens face. I think fans of YA contemporary, and incoming college students will enjoy this book.

Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS My boyfriend and I went to the farmers market in town over the weekend. Neither of us have been […]

Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS

My boyfriend and I went to the farmers market in town over the weekend. Neither of us have been to one before, it was a new experience and we really loved it. While we were there, we stopped at the beer garden nearby, where people and families were sitting enjoying a drink and playing games.

This week was kind of rough, with hurricane Harvey. I wasn’t in the storm, but I was constantly on the phone with my parents, giving me updates about the rain and the flooding. It was so sad seeing everyone from home talk about the flood, and seeing pictures of my hometown under water.

School started! I’m so excited with my classes and excited to learn. I like my classes, and knowing that I’m studying for exactly what I am doing for my career!

VICTORIA’S HAUL

for review

Killer Choice, Bad Reputation

bought

Recently I’ve wanted to reread the Vampire Academy series. I already had the first book, and then went a little crazy and bought the rest in the series lol.

VICTORIA’S WEEK IN READING

I had a pretty good reading week! Once I started the Vampire Academy books, I couldn’t stop reading. I forgot how great these books are!

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https://lattenightsreviews.com/boomerang-boyfriend/#commentsMon, 28 Aug 2017 10:00:38 +0000https://lattenightsreviews.com/?p=11339I really thought I was going to enjoy this book. The synopsis sounded fun, I love the “girl falling for her best friend’s brother” trope. This sounded like one of the fluffy books I enjoy reading when I need to relax or get out of a reading slump, but it ended up not being very […]

Working with her best friend’s brother at Betty’s Burgers, free-spirited Delia starts to see Jack in a new light. Not only has Jack-the-Jerk turned into a hottie, he’s even acting like a nice guy, who rescues dogs and knows how she likes her coffee. But if Jack is into her, then why is he keeping her a secret? Of course, if her best friend doesn’t approve, Delia could lose the only family she’s ever known.
Seeing Delia in her retro waitress uniform throws Jack’s world out of whack. She’s always been just another pain in the butt little sister…not a datable female. But she’s rockin’ the Pie Princess tiara, and even her hot-pink striped hair is sexy. What’s that about? He needs to get his head on straight, because artsy, funky Delia and her nonconformist ways don’t fit in his safe and ordered world.

Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains kisses that make the world fall away and snarky humor that may cause you to LOL in public places.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I really thought I was going to enjoy this book. The synopsis sounded fun, I love the “girl falling for her best friend’s brother” trope. This sounded like one of the fluffy books I enjoy reading when I need to relax or get out of a reading slump, but it ended up not being very good.

First, the writing is too wordy, and most of the story was telling not showing. It also felt very rushed. The story kept jumping from scene to scene, which confused me because there was nothing indicating the scene ended, it just abruptly moved from one to the next. Everything felt very surface level in this book. I don’t know if Delia and Jack are a cute couple, I don’t know very much about them.

I couldn’t even enjoy any of the characters, they are all one dimensional. Delia is described as this artsy, nonconformist girl, but the only thing “different” about her is that she has pink in her hair, sometimes wears different colored lipstick, and sometimes talks about art. Her best friend Zoe is only there to talk about boys with her, and add to the drama because Delia likes her brother. The characters also felt very juvenile at times. They’re supposed to be juniors and seniors in high school, but they were acting like middle schoolers.

I didn’t even like the main character. She was okay at first, but I immediately disliked her when she reacted to the news that the guy she was interested is gay. This guy, Aiden, tells her he’s gay but can’t come out because his parents will disown him, and she immediately feels bad for herself because she doesn’t know who she’s going to date instead…I’m not kidding, this actually happened.

The thing that pissed me off the most was that there was a gay character who was literally only there to push the plot forward. The only purpose he served was to make Jack jealous, and cause him and Delia to fight. He’s supposed to be her friend, but she’s still bitter that he doesn’t like her, and doesn’t talk to him until it’s convenient for the plot. Don’t even get me started on the guy that thought it was hot that his cousin is a lesbian. Ugh.

This book is part of a series, but can be read as a standalone. I don’t know how the other books in the series are compared to this one, but I don’t think I’m interested in continuing.

Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS I dropped my sister off at college! I’m so excited for her, but I can’t believe that she’s not […]

Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS

I dropped my sister off at college! I’m so excited for her, but I can’t believe that she’s not a baby anymore. Unpacking her was miserable, she had so much stuff and we had to carry it all in the Texas heat.

I drove NINE hours to get to school. The drive was so long and drove by myself. For three hours there was nothing around me except trees and grass, I had an irrational fear that my car was going to stop working and I would get stuck. But, I made it! And I’m so excited to start school next week!

New Graduate Student Orientation was this week! My boyfriend and I are both starting grad school, so I had someone to suffer through New Student Orientation with. We got these free tshirts, which are pretty funny.

It’s been super rainy here the last couple of days, which has been nice. I love reading while it’s raining outside, it’s so relaxing.

VICTORIA’S HAUL

for review

I received these arcs this week. I’ll have a review up for Boomerang Boyfriend soon.

bought

I didn’t buy any books this week!

VICTORIA’S WEEK IN READING

It’s been such a hectic week, I haven’t read as much as I typically do.

Welp, Tome Topple is over, and if you ask me, I am glad to have a break from attempting to read so many daunting books! I’m glad I participated in Tome Topple. It was fun, but way more work and dedication than I thought it would take. I read quite a bit these two weeks, […]

Welp, Tome Topple is over, and if you ask me, I am glad to have a break from attempting to read so many daunting books! I’m glad I participated in Tome Topple. It was fun, but way more work and dedication than I thought it would take. I read quite a bit these two weeks, but most were not books for the readathon.

Day 1 was great, I was super into my book and flew through it and almost completed it in one day! After finishing it on day 2, I didn’t pick up another tome until close to the end of the week.

My first book was Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. It was so good, I couldn’t put it down! I’ve had this book on my shelf for years, and I don’t know why I waited so long to read it because I really enjoyed it! There was so much petty drama and some of the things characters said were so ridiculous, and I COULDN’T GET ENOUGH. This book is the first in a series, and after completing this book, I decided to continue the series.

After finishing Crazy Rich Asians, I didn’t pick up another book for Tome Topple until the end of the week. The second book I picked up was Replica by Lauren Oliver. I read 146 pages, and decided to DNF this for the time being. I enjoy Lauren Oliver’s books, but I wasn’t in the mood for it, and since I was forcing myself to read, not much reading got accomplished.

During the second week of the readathon I finally picked up another tome to complete. I didn’t want to read anything on my tbr, so I picked up Lord of Shadows. This wasn’t on my tbr because I wanted to read books I hadn’t started yet, and when I picked it up for the readathon I was halfway into the book. I started reading on page 372 at the beginning of the week, and completed it on the last day of Tome Topple.

MY STATS

I had four books on my tbr. I completed one of them, and read 1,000 pages during the readathon.

I’m proud of how much I read these two weeks. I know I would have made more progress if I made more time for the tomes and stuck to my tbr, but there were a few days where I just didn’t want to pick up any of my books. I also found it exhausting to continue reading the same book for multiple days in a row, especially since they were all so big.

RANDOM STUFF

To encourage myself to read more I made notecards with phrases on them. I saw someone doing this on Twitter, and decided to try and see if it worked for me. Using the notecards in the book are not really my thing, anytime I was close to a notecard the page would be sticking up and I couldn’t read it until I moved the card. I ended up just taking out the notecards and not paying attention to them.

OVERALL

I’m so glad I participated in Tome Topple, knowing that there were other people reading big books, and seeing everyone’s encouraging tweets made reading these tomes fun. I’m glad I participated because I had an excuse to read the big books that have been sitting on my shelf and had the encouragement of so many other people in the book community. I do plan on participating in this readathon again the next time it is being hosted, because I enjoyed it, and I still have so many daunting books sitting on my tbr.

If you participated in the readathon let me know how you did and what you thought about it!

]]>https://lattenightsreviews.com/tome-topple-wrap-reading-big-books-hard/feed/811281TOP 5 WEDNESDAY | BOOKS FROM BEFORE YOU JOINED THE BOOK COMMUNITYhttps://lattenightsreviews.com/top-5-wednesday-books-joined-book-community/
https://lattenightsreviews.com/top-5-wednesday-books-joined-book-community/#commentsWed, 23 Aug 2017 11:00:26 +0000https://lattenightsreviews.com/?p=11216

Top 5 Wednesday | #T5W is a meme on Goodreads by Sam from ThoughtsOnThomes. This week’s topic: Books From Before You Joined ___ Victoria’s Picks I’d Tell You That I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (series) – I initially picked this book up in middle school because the title and cover were […]

Victoria’s Picks

I’d Tell You That I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (series) – I initially picked this book up in middle school because the title and cover were cool and it was about spies! After gushing about this book so much to one of my friends, she got into the series too, and one night we sat on her couch until around four in the morning reading these books.

Gilda Joyce series – I checked this book out of the public library one summer during middle school and fell in love. The series follows Gilda Joyce, a young girl who considers herself to be a psychic investigator, and each book is centered around a different paranormal case. (I own the first three books in the series, and just ordered the last two…oops).

Twilight (series) – This one is pretty self explanatory, everyone was obsessed with these books. My cousin told me about them, and I DEVOURED them. I made my best friends read them, and we ended up camping outside the mall so we could buy tickets to meet some of the actors before the first movie came out (I cried when Taylor Lautner shook my hand).

Enthusiasm – Another middle school library find. It’s about a highschool girl and her best friend acting in a play at the all boy’s boarding school nearby. I LOVED this book, I checked it out the library so many times because I was always rereading it.

Letters to a Young Gymnast – Nadia Comaneci’s memoir was a birthday gift from a family member who knew how much I loved gymnastics. This was such an emotional book, I was so anxious reading about Nadia defecting from Romania, and also felt really cool when I recognized technical gymnastics terms and individuals she was talking about.

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Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer. VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS Just want to apologize for not posting consistently, I’ve been in the process of packing for my move, and […]

Weekly Latte Rewind is a weekly feature where we will recap posts, books read, books we received and other bookish stuff. We’ve linked to Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

VICTORIA’S LIFE HAPPENINGS

Just want to apologize for not posting consistently, I’ve been in the process of packing for my move, and helping my sister pack for school. Once I get situated and on schedule, I’ll start posting more consistently!

At the beginning of the week my boyfriend drove down to hang out with me. Those few days were super relaxing, we hung out, read, and watched Netflix. We also went to the movies to see Annabelle: Creation. I don’t get scared easily, but the movie was good!

My baby sister is starting college! We drove up to her school, and are dropping her off and helping her unpack this weekend, it’s such a bittersweet experience.

VICTORIA’S HAUL

for review

These are my first arcs! I’m so excited to have gotten them, I read I Hate Everyone But You recently, and I have a review for it coming up soon

bought

I have a problem when it comes to buying books, I can’t stop myself when I walk into a bookstore! Most of these came from a used bookstore, so it’s easier to convince myself it’s okay I keep buying them.

VICTORIA’S WEEK IN READING

I FINALLY finished Lord of Shadows! It’s taken me since June to finish this tome. Eliza and Her Monsters was an amazing book, I loved it and definitely recommend it. My review for London Belongs to Me went up this week, so go check that out!